Results of Question and Answer Systems

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the data processing system to:

• receive an input question directed to a previous execution of a question answering (QA) system with regard to a previous input question;
• process the input question to generate at least one query for application to a corpus of information, wherein the corpus of information comprises information about the QA system and the previous execution of the QA system on the previous input question;
• apply the at least one query to the corpus of information to generate candidate answers to the input question;
• and
• output a final answer for the input question based on the candidate answers.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive an input question directed to a previous execution of a question answering (QA) system with regard to a previous input question;
• process the input question to generate at least one query for application to a corpus of information, wherein the corpus of information comprises information about the QA system and the previous execution of the QA system on the previous input question;
• apply the at least one query to the corpus of information to generate candidate answers to the input question;
• and
• output a final answer for the input question based on the candidate answers.